Sport in ancient Greece

The scraping tool "strigilis," which has been found during the excavations in the ancient city of Teos in the Seferihisar district of İzmir and was once used to clean the bodies of gladiators and athletes from oil and sand about 2,300 years ago, has been put on display at the İzmir Archaeology Museum.

Istanbul's Veliefendi Hippodrome is prepared to restart horse racing today, after being shuttered two and a half months ago, with a decision of the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry as part of coronavirus (COVID-19) measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 pandemic.

The official trainings of the racehorses continued ceaselessly, as the necessary preparations continued at full speed.